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This page describes how to create a customer tenant under a reseller in the cloud broker.

  1. To create a scope in the API, get public cloud regions and datacenters (as required)

    Tip

    API:


  2. Create the scope for the customer
    1. Go to Users → Scopes
    2. Click the + button

      1. Enter the Name, which will be the customer name
      2. As the Parent scope, select the BU scope
      3. In the Datacenters column, select the providers or regions as required

      Tip

      API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/ScopesResource.html#create-a-scope


  3. Create the customer enterprise

    Tip

    General how-to: Create Tenants via API

    At the top of the Enterprises list, click the + button to add an enterprise

    On the General tab

    1. Enter the customer name
    2. As the Default scope, set the customer scope
    3. For the customer headquarters, select Key node
    Tip

    API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/EnterprisesResource.html#create-an-enterprise


  4. On the Datacenters tab, drag and drop providers. For example, Amazon. Select and edit providers (or regions) and datacenters to set the default VDC role for each provider for the enterprise.

    Tip

    This is a separate request in the API. For each region or datacenter, create a datacenter limit.
    API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/EnterpriseLimitsByDatacentersResource.html#create-a-datacenter-limit


  5. On the Properties tab, enter the appropriate properties for the customer type as described in the following tables
    1. For each property, enter a

    key
    1. Key and

    value
    1. Value, and click Add
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      1. Cloud provider partner (Azure CSP

      _Pricefactor
    2. AWS_Pricefactor
    3. Account_id
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      1. , AWS)

        Property keyExample value
        OfferDurableIDCSP_ID_4caba317
        CSP_discount0.15
        CurrencyUSD
        Localeen-US
        RegionInfoUS
        billing_bucketprogrammaticbilling


      2. CSP customer

        Property keyExample value
        CSP_PriceFactor1
        AWS_PriceFactor1
        Account_idX123456789ABC


      3. Standard customer

        Property keyExample value
        OfferDurableIDMS-AZR-0003P
        CurrencyUSD
        Localeen-US
        RegionInfoUS


    1. Click Save

    Tip

    This is a separate request in the API. When you update properties you will overwrite any existing properties
    API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/EnterprisesResource.html#update-enterprise-properties

    Click Save


  6. Add the customer enterprise to the customer scope
    1. Go to Users → Scopes --> select the scope
    2. Click the pencil button to edit
    3. Select the customer enterprise in the Enterprises list

      Tip

      API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/ScopesResource.html#update-a-scope
      Add a basic link to the scope with a "rel" value of "ENTERPRISE".


  7. Create a pricing template
    1. Go to Pricing → Pricing models
    2. Click + and enter details

      Tip

      API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/PricingTemplatesResource.html#create-a-pricing-template


  8. API step Get the enterprise
  9. Assign the pricing model to the enterprise. 
    1. Go to Pricing → Enterprise associations
    2. Select the pricing model
    3. Find the enterprise in the list and select the pricing model from the pull-down list beside the enterprise name

    Tip

    API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/EnterprisesResource.html#upate-an-enterprise
    Update the enterprise to add a link to the pricing model with a "rel" value of "pricingtemplate".


  10. Create a customer administrator user
    1. Go to Users → Select enterprise → Users
    2. Click the + button to add a user
      (Note the screenshot does not show the enterprise filter)
    3. On the General tab, select the following values
      1. Role: CUSTOMER_ADMIN
      2. Scope: Customer scope (enterprise scope)

      Tip

      API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/UsersResource.html#create-a-user-in-an-enterprise


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